Background
Nygard, Holger Olof was born on February 24, 1921 in Vasa, Finland. Came to the United States, 1953, naturalized, 1958. Son of Victor N. and Maria (Bergman) Nygard.
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This ballad about a maid hwo kills a would-be lady-killer is known in England as "Lady Isabel and the Elf-Knight", in France as "Renaud le Tueur de Femmes", in Scandinavia as "Kvindemorderen", and in the Netherlands and Belgium as "Heer Halewijn"; in the German-speaking area it is called "Ulinger" or "Ulrich". Having analysed the features acquired by the ballad in different countries and compared the traditions of various language areas, the author draws the conclusion that the Netherlands ballad is the oldest of them all and acted as a model for Scandinavian and French versions.
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Nygard, Holger Olof was born on February 24, 1921 in Vasa, Finland. Came to the United States, 1953, naturalized, 1958. Son of Victor N. and Maria (Bergman) Nygard.
Bachelor of Arts, University B.C., Vancouver, 1944; Master of Arts, University of California-Berkeley, 1949; Doctor of Philosophy, University of California-Berkeley, 1955.
Instructor University British Columbia, 1945-1947. Assistant professor University Kansas, Lawrence, 1953-1957. Associate professor University Tennessee, Knoxville, 1957-1960.
Professor English Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, 1960-1990, professor emeritus, since 1990.
(This ballad about a maid hwo kills a would-be lady-killer...)
(A Study of the History and Nature of a Ballad Tradition)
Member American folklore Society, Modern Language Association.
Married Margaret C. Rodger, October 11, 1944. Jennifer K., Stephen V., Kerstin M., Karl Erik.